MILPITAS, CA – July 28, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4098-3.6, an autonomous high efficiency power manager, ideal diode controller and battery charger for 1-cell Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries used in portable devices such as industrial meters, media players, digital cameras, PDAs, personal navigators, and especially high peak-power and safety critical equipment. The LTC4098-3.6’s switching topology features PowerPath? control, which seamlessly manages power distribution from multiple sources, including 5V wall adapter, USB and a LiFePO4 battery, while preferentially providing power to the system load. For automotive and other high voltage … Read More → "USB Compatible High Efficiency Power Manager and Charger for 1-Cell Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries"

MILPITAS, CA – July 28, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4098-3.6, an autonomous high efficiency power manager, ideal diode controller and battery charger for 1-cell Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries used in portable devices such as industrial meters, media players, digital cameras, PDAs, personal navigators, and especially high peak-power and safety critical equipment. The LTC4098-3.6’s switching topology features PowerPath? control, which seamlessly manages power distribution from multiple sources, including 5V wall adapter, USB and a LiFePO4 battery, while preferentially providing power to the system load. For automotive and other high voltage … Read More → "USB Compatible High Efficiency Power Manager and Charger for 1-Cell Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 28, 2010 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the addition of the DesignWare(r) 96 dB Hi-Fi Audio IP in the 40 nanometer (nm) and 55nm process technologies to its broad portfolio of high quality audio IP solutions. Synopsys is the first IP provider to offer audio codecs, digital to analogue converters (DACs) and analogue to digital converters (ADCs) in these advanced processes. The DesignWare Audio IP portfolio offers performance levels from 80 dB to 103 dB and is available in more than 20 different process nodes, from 180 … Read More → "Synopsys first to deliver high performance audio IP in 40nm and 55nm process technologies"

Aurora, IL, July 27, 2010 — A sizeable proportion of the coaxial RF connector business is for custom parts, and the strong competition in this sector means that success relies heavily on a connector vendor’s responsiveness to customer requests.  One of the most successful and longest-established manufacturers in this market is San-tron. Around 70% of its business is producing custom parts, and a key element in securing these orders is the ability to produce engineering samples rapidly. San-tron will typically design a new connector within just three working days, thanks in part to an automated design process using the Concerto high-frequency … Read More → "3D Design Software Speeds Response Time For RF Connector Specialist"

MALVERN, PA–(Marketwire – July 26, 2010) –  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today unveiled the industry’s smallest and thinnest n-channel chipscale power MOSFET and the first with a sub-1-mm sq. outline. The 20-V MICRO FOOT^® Si8800EDB combines an ultra-small 0.8-mm by 0.8-mm outline with a height of 0.357 mm to save space in portable electronics.

As portable devices become more compact, the size of components becomes critical, as PCB areas are extremely limited due to the space taken by … Read More → "Vishay Siliconix Releases Industry’s Smallest and Thinnest N-Channel Chipscale Power MOSFET With 0.64-mm Sq. Area"

Edinburgh, UK, July 27 2010 – Wolfson Microelectronics plc has announced that its category-defining audio hub solution, the WM8993, and its innovative high-performance low-power audio amplifier, the WM9093, have been selected by LG to deliver world-class audio to a wide range of its highly integrated mobile phones and smartphones.

Both the WM8993 audio hub and the WM9093 low power audio amplifier are specifically designed for portable devices such as mobile phones and currently are featured in a range of LG handsets. The WM8993 ultra low … Read More → "Wolfson’s world-leading audio devices selected for LG mobile phones"

Sunnyvale, CA – July 27, 2010 – QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the leader in low power Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs), is … Read More → "QuickLogic Announces Innovative Framebuffer Solution to Extend Battery Life of Consumer Devices"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 27, 2010–Actel today announced FlashPro4, the newest hardware programmer supporting Actel’s flash FPGAs: the IGLOO® series and ProASIC®3 series (including RT ProASIC3), SmartFusion™ and Actel Fusion® families. FlashPro4 also supports FPGA embedded software program and debug managed by Actel’s SoftConsole Integrated Design Environment (IDE) for embedded processors.

FlashPro4 offers high performance communication through the use of USB 2.0 and is high-speed compliant for full use of the 480 Mbps bandwidth. For IGLOO nano 1.2 V core FPGAs, 1.2 V programming is supported.

“FlashPro4 provides our flash FPGA customers with … Read More → "Actel Announces New FlashPro4 Programmer"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 27, 2010–Actel today announced FlashPro4, the newest hardware programmer supporting Actel’s flash FPGAs: the IGLOO® series and ProASIC®3 series (including RT ProASIC3), SmartFusion™ and Actel Fusion® families. FlashPro4 also supports FPGA embedded software program and debug managed by Actel’s SoftConsole Integrated Design Environment (IDE) for embedded processors.

FlashPro4 offers high performance communication through the use of USB 2.0 and is high-speed compliant for full use of the 480 Mbps bandwidth. For IGLOO nano 1.2 V core FPGAs, 1.2 V programming is supported.

“FlashPro4 provides our flash FPGA customers with … Read More → "Actel Announces New FlashPro4 Programmer"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Get Smart at Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) and Avnet Memec’s SpeedWay Design Workshops highlighting SmartFusion™intelligent mixed signal FPGAs. The workshops will help designers understand the key features and benefits of SmartFusion devices. SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs integrate an FPGA, ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor, and programmable analog, offering full customization, IP protection and ease-of-use.

Workshop Topics:

• Hard 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor
• SoftConsole Eclipse-based IDE
• Microcontroller subsystem components
• Libero® IDE for FPGA designs (Synplicity and ModelSim)</ … Read More → "Get Smart With Design Workshops Highlighting SmartFusion FPGAs"